Meaning of telepersonals | Babel Free

Definitions

Personals (advertisements by which individuals attempt to meet) placed over a distance, as by telephone or Internet.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“Because I spent a lot of time alone back in LA, calling the Telepersonals had turned into a habit.”

“Mona, whom Marty had met through the telepersonals before rejecting her as a sex mate, told him that she'd get right on it. In fact, she ignored him.”

“You've probably heard of or seen personal ads in the newspaper, advertisements for telepersonals on the telephone, video dating services...”

“She wasn't romantically interested in me, so a few weeks later at the suggestion of a friend, I picked up the phone and tried the telepersonals.”

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